Día dos: YSL Restrospective @ Madrid
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
I was thrilled to go and see
Yves
Saint Lauren Retrospective exhibition here at Madrid’s La Central yesterday!
I felt like walking into fashion Narnia. There was about 20 minutes wait to get
it although exhibition is open since the beginning of October, seems like the
interest is vast. The entrance was free as the exhibition was sponsored by the Pierre
Berge Yves Saint Lauren foundation.
Exhibition was shown on
three floors and it was organized into 11 sections that display about 150
examples of haute couture and prêt-a-porter, shown together with various photographs
and films and with about 81 sketches, 46 toiles and models for hats showing
the work and life of this remarkable designer from his first creations in Dior
in 1958 to his last collection presented at the Centre Pompidou in 2002.
Through this exhibition one
can see many garments that revolutionized the traditional definition of the elegance
with garments like: tuxedo and jumpsuit…. all still relevant today, which
provoked scandals in their day. As they say, Coco Chanel has liberated women, but YSL has liberated fashion.
The other focus of the exhibition
was the process of creation on its own, showing personal universe of YSL and
places and things out of which he pulled his inspiration like Russia, Morocco
and Spain.
As YSL’s partner Pierre
Berge said about YSL:
“His work went far beyond that of mere
fashion designer. It was created by an artist who revolutionized his own time.
It is true that his work is not
sculptured in marble but it changed the life of women, empowered them and gave
them confidence and self-esteem.”
3 fabulous comments
Uff, ljubomorna sam, YSL mi je uvijek bio jedan od najdražih dizajnera... ah, možda jednog dana... dotad, hvala što si podijelila iskustvo ;)
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